There are many satisfying simple pleasures in life. Like making the yellow light when driving, perfectly peeling plastic off an electronic screen, and even cracking an egg without it shattering into a million pieces. How about managing to not spill food or drinks on a white top?
There are plenty more examples, but there are also a few that only the makeup-obsessed will ever truly understand.
1. The Perfect Swatch
Listen, I follow a lot of MUA accounts on Instagram, and I have to say that probably my favorite piece of content from them is eyeshadow swatches.
There’s just something about seeing that perfect application.
2. Perfect Winged Liner
Achieving the perfect winged liner that borderline resembles a perfectly carved sharp weapon is what all beauty goals are made of.
Bonus points if you get it in one go!
3. This:
And I…OOP.
This woman somehow managed to perfectly extract her eye makeup when she took her eye makeup off.
Explain that witchcraft.
4. Seeing How Dirty Your Makeup Remover Wipe Is
For some reason, it’s so satisfying to see all that gunk come off your face. Your eye makeup remover wipe becomes an accidental piece of art out of it.
5. Not Getting Mascara On Your Lid
This is a MAJOR achievement to not mess up all the hard work done on your eyeshadow by accidentally dragging mascara on your lid.
This accomplishment just feels so good.
6. A Clean Beauty Sponge
If you own a beauty sponge (and if you don’t, how are you even living?), you know that there is nothing better than squeezing all that foundation out of your sponge and seeing it flow down the sink drain.
7. New Eyeshadow Palette
Anything fresh feels good, but an unopened and untampered eyeshadow palette, complete with a plastic protective covering, is what I imagine heaven to be.
8. Finishing A Foundation
You’ve spent months, maybe even YEARS, trying to finishing that dang liquid foundation.
So when the day comes that you can’t scrape or shake out anymore foundation from the bottle, the universe feels in balance.
9. Using A Fresh Set Of Makeup Brushes
They glide on the skin so easily and feel like clouds sweeping across your face.
Maybe you just drag them across your face without makeup on. Don’t lie. I know you do this.
10. Drenching Yourself With Setting Spray
You’ve spent the last hour, maybe two hours, perfecting your canvas, and now it’s time to seal it.
Yes, the instructions only require a couple spritzes, but you know that is not going to cut it. I need to feel like my makeup is not going to move for 10 months, okay?
11. Organizing Makeup
If I could type 10 million heart eye emojis in reference to this makeup organization photo I would, but it really might break the Internet, let alone my computer.
12. The Feeling Of A Fresh Face After Taking Makeup Off
First, you use a makeup wipe to take off the first layer of makeup. Then, you scrub your face with foamy soap to really feel like you’re getting into those pores.
The feeling of those pores tightening as your face dries, WOO — pure bliss.
13. Achieving Fleeky Brows
Anyone can fill in their brows, but not everyone achieve ultimate fleekiness.
When this happens, all if your lines are neat, your arch is perfectly…arched, and the tail perfectly fades out.
14. Perfect Liquid Lipstick Application
Liquid lipstick has been all the rage thanks to its staying power, but it can be a real pain to apply.
If you can apply it in one shot without having to use makeup wipes to fix any mistakes, major props to you!
15. Blending Out Your Concealer
When you first slab on concealer under your eyes, it looks like a nightmare. But as you begin to blend it out with a beauty sponge or your finger, everything begins to settle as the concealer spreads evenly to coat your dark circles, bags, and life’s problems.
16. The Perfect Glow
If your cheekbone highlight doesn’t reach a satellite in outer space, did you even put highlight on?
17. Fitting Everything You Want To Pack In A Travel Bag
Makeup aficionados know the struggle of trying to fit all the makeup they want to bring on a trip in one makeup bag.
It just feels like a victory when you’re able to pack everything you want.
18. Making It To The End Of A Lipstick Tube
Of course reaching the end of any makeup product is satisfying, but not being able to crank out anymore lipstick out of the tube is just on another level.
19. The Perfect Coating Of Mascara
No clumps, no grit, no lashes getting stuck together — just a silky smooth application that you can feel separate and pull up each and every lash.
20. Peeling Off Fake Eyelashes
It really feels like a weight has been lifted off your lashes. It’s like taking your hair out of a tight ponytail.
It like, kind of hurts, but it’s so good.
21. Finally Hitting Pan
When you hit pan, I think your third eye opens idk.
22. Freshly Displayed Lipstick Testers
No nicks, no lip lines, no smudges, no rounded edges.
All is calm, all is bright. The universe has truly aligned for the makeup GAWDS.
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It’s all about the small things in life.
What else in the makeup universe just absolutely satisfies your feelings?
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